Portable fireplace



May l5, 1928. Y y1,670,223

. E. VAN KIRK j PORTABLE FIREPLACE Filed Jan, 2s, A1928 2 sheets-sheet 1 lNvENToR ATTOR N Ey May rs', 192s.

1,670,223 E. VAN KIRK PORTABLE FIRErLAcE Filed Jan. 23, 1928 '2 shewets-sheet 2 Z672 'Az fanzine;

ATTORNEY CAD Patented May L5, l'l.

oai-re ERWIN .van Klein '0F LAWRENCEVLLE; innifuo's.- i

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PORTABLE-marianna.

' Appiication. `anni Jnuaryfe, 132e. .d serial d No.-Z 25,871.,

. n object ofthis invention is tlieprovisic-n of an. open fireplace which maybe `considg ered portable inasmuch as thesan'ie may be arranged inV any partof a. building pr0- videdwitha chimney flueVset up to `provide a2 safe.eifective` andl ornamental heater7 andvv readily removed and arranged in another place in thesame orother building, and fur-` l tlieiwliich shall be of. akiiockvdown construetionfsothat it may be folded tozprovidev a]r compactpackage for VKstoringwhen not required for use, and a similar `package for` shipment.

A furtheiq obiecty is 4the provision of.

knock-down removable oi-portable fire: place designed' to be arranged in anyjpait a building provided with a chimney .fiueand which includes a fireplace `proper Aof a particular and novel construction, and a fold,- able mantel designed to surround the fire place and heldV iii position againstxthe wall, of the building` by the iii-.e place, there being. an air spacebetween the,- fireplacel and. man; y

tel, as wellas an air spacebetween. the base of the. fireplace and. theliearth, asL welles?. an insulated covering for. thelireplace, so`

that there from the lire place cannot pos-f siblyv endanger the building in which ity is i arranged but` will aiford an `eifectivel heating plantfor the said building.

The invention. will be fully and comprehensiil'elyl understood from a consideiatiyon"v of 'the following detailed description when Iread in connection with the accompanying'. drawings which formpart of the applica?. tion.` with the understanding, however, that the limprovement is capable of extended'appli'cution and is not, confined to the exactl showing of the drawings noi' to.the.}iirecise construction described and, therefore, such' changes andV modifications may be made.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the fire place5 with the insulation therefor removed.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line 1f-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view approx` imately on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

My improved fire place is designed to be insulation.

arranged, in any room of ahuilding. provid# edwith ay chimney and, as the "descriptionv progresses it willbe noted` that the improve?. ment is of afknocl downconstructijon.

Referring nowtoy the drawings in. detail7 n the numeral l designates a chimney,` 2" the fiuefor smoke passagetherein. and Slthr-zpipey opening .enteringv the chimney and lc ominuiiilYM eating- ,with the fiue 2. lincarityingnut ,myE

invention.y I Aarrange in the .pipe-openingf l shortA stove pipe The pipedisreceived in an outstanding collar 5 on, theremovable top orcap member. (tof the lire-,place4 The;-

Capt 7 as well as the fireiplaeewproper, ist" constructed of metal andgfroin other. heat;Y

resisting vmaterial. The body; of` the lire, place is indicated forv distinction.. thenn.- y

meral 7 and ineludes-aiback. 8, angle sides. r

9 andaniiicli-ned top ,portion 10i.- s'llhe top plate isarlranged atari,v upward.inclination.l withv respect tothe open: face of the, lire:V

pla,cel butv terminates a suitable Vdistaifice iii-1 ward Y from said I open i face and .the top, plate lOfpi'o-vides'a lbaffle plate for the fireplace. The top plate l10, sides 9 andbaek 8 may` be.

removably. associated, andthe angle orinf clined'sidesand the Iback 8 areformed.with

ribs or projections l1, thev purpose of Awhich y wllrreently beamers-teo@ and entre@ over the topor baffle plate 10 of the'jfire i ated. The top o r cap 'member his ,arranged1:v

place, and the `sides` of the said top or. cap

member are beveled and inclined toward the rear-of; the `fire place. These sides, indieat-V ed for distinction by theiiumeral l2l are formed on their-lower edges with earsli-y and through these ears there are passedbolt mein bei-s 14` that secure the said top or eapnlieiiibei' on the upper on bailie plate 10 of'theilire place. The-front. l5 'of the capniembeiyfs arranged ata down-ward and outiinardl inclination and niergesinto a straightlwalll.

which issecuifed by removable ine'ansil to thefroiit plates 18ct the fire place. The-re is a, flue ory sinokeduct providedhy tlie-pas sage19 between the upwardly inclined top.` p y or baffle plate lo()A ofA the fire pl-aceandtlre.

anglefront r'15 `of the hollowv cap member 6.; The front and top of the cap meinbei are formed with ribs 20. `These ribs, together with the ribs 11, on the rear and angle sides of the re place serve to retain on these portions of thek construction a facing 21 of heat retaining material, such as asbestos or' like The fire place rests on a vhearth strip 22 l front portion 28 of a mantel.

of the mantel is hingedlysecured, as at 29,`

kwhich is preferably of metal, and the vsamey is preferably formed with'upstan'ding lugs 23 that provide rests for the ybase plate 24' of the re place. The andirons r'eston the `.base plate 24 and the space between the plate 24 and the yhearth plate 22 affords an" air duct 25. Also there is an air space 26 between the rear of the fire place and the chim.

ney 1. f

Removably secured to the front plate 18 of the `fire place there is a substantially U- shaped plate 27, whichabuts with the open The` frontf28 with the sides 30 thereof, `and the top,` 31 for the mantel is'removably supported on the-v front 28 and the sides 3D. The mantel may befof wood ory any other desired material and is sufficiently spaced from the fireplace to pre-vent injury thereto from the heat'y created from the said fire place. While the base plateA 24. is primarily designed to suport andirons thereon it is obvious that the re place `may be heated by electricity or in other manner. The heat will pass from ther v lire placeA through the passage 19 and be directed through the collar and smoke pipe 4 into the flue and into the 'chimney 1, pro` 4combustion into the flue.

viding a free passage for the products of The fire place n being provided with the insulating face 21 and being spaced from the wall of thel room,

, likewise from the mantel and having the air space 25 atthe bottom thereof, effectively insures the safety of the buildingand mantel .from the heated created in theftire place.y

The construction is simple and, as previously stated, the parts constituting the im,-

provement may be knocked down to provide' a small package for storage or transportar# tion and the advantages of the improvement wilL-it is thought, beunderstood and appreciated without further detailed description. Having described the'invention, I claim:

. p 1. A portable fire place designed to bey arranged opposite but spaced from the wall of and back of thev fire place, a smokeconducting pipe above the baffle plate, communicating with the' iiue of the chimney, a hearth plate `upon which the iire plate rests, a. base plate in the tire place above the hearth platey and a foldable mantelspaced from buteur.- rounding the lire place.

2. A portable fire place designed to be arlranged'opposite but to be spaced from the wall of a building and opposite a chimney in said building, comprising a fireplace proper Y made up to vinclude a back, angularly dis-` posed sides and an upper angle plate that provides a baiiie plate` and terminates away from the open front of the fire place, a'

hollow cap vmember providing .a top for the lire place removably secured to the bathe plate and having vits front wall inclined downwardlyl toward the open. front of the tire place and spaced from ,theouterend of the balle plate, a. frame comprising a front removably seouredto the fire place, a second frame ysurrounding and abutting the inner face of the front of the fire place, a hearth on which the fire place rests, a base 'plate in:

the fire place above the hearth, a mantel comprising anopen front andsides hingedly secured thereto, arranged around but spaced from the iire place'and having its front por'-y tion contacting with the mentioned U-shaped` plate, and a removable topfor themantel.-

3. A portable fire place designed'tobe ar` ranged oppositebut to bespacedjfrom the wall of a buildingand opposite la chimney in said building, Acomprising a` fire place proper made to. include'aback, angularly disposed sides and an upper angle plate that 'provides a baiiie plate and terminates away from the open front of the fire place, a

hollowcap'member providing a top for the` fire place removably secured to the balle plate and having its front 'wallr inclinedvv Vdownwardly toward the open front of thev ire place and 'spaced vfromthe .outer endof the baille-plate, a frame comprising a'front removably secured to the tire place, a second `frame surrounding and abutting theinner face of the front of the ire place, av hearth on which the re place rests, a base'plate inl the fire place above the hearth, amantel comprising an open iront and sides hingedly secured thereto, arranged around y b ut .spaced from the `fire place and having its front portion contacting with the mentioned U-shaped plate, ribs on the rsides and rear of the fire place, ribs on thehollow .cap `for the fire placaan'insulated facing for these portions of the fire place and embedded in the ribs.

In testimony whereof I afixl signature.

ERWIN VAN KIRK.l 

